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Article: Los Angeles mayor gets specific for 2nd-term goals

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With Los Angeles facing one of its worst economic crises, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will be sworn in to his second term of office today with a more humble tone and promises of specific goals to get the city moving.

"You can call it a rededication to the job and a demand for accountability," spokesman Matt Szabo said. "Accountability from him and from others."

Villaraigosa, who was re-elected with 55percent of the vote last March against a crowded field of relatively unknown and underfunded candidates, feels a sense of humility and appreciation in being elected to a second term, Szabo said.

At the same time, Szabo said, he recognizes the opportunity he faces as mayor of the nation's ...

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